Case fob daguerreotype-pictures



A. P. STILES. CASE FOR'DAGUERREOTYPE PICTURES.

No. 7,041. Patented Jan. 22', 185.0.

ANN F. STILES, OF SOUTHBURY, CONNECTICUT.

CASE FOR DAGUERREOTYPE-PICTURES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 7,041, dated January 22, 1850.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,. ANN F. STILES, of Southbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Manufacturing Daguerreotype-Cases; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description.

The nature of my invention consists in the maufacture of a glass tube or case in which the picture can be conveniently se- 1 cured and seen through a magnifying lens and at the same time protected from dust and interfering reflections from other objects.

To enable others to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct said tube or case at the end in Which I secure the picture so as to best accommodate the shape and size of the picture and the end opposite the picture I make such size as will best accommodate the magnifying lens I in general use glass of a circular form to inclose the picture and to prevent variable reflections on the picture I grind the glass at A A in the accompanying drawing Where the light is admitted to the picture about three-fourths of an inch above 13 B Where I permanently place the picture and leave it unpublished and the remainder of the inner surface I darken with paint or other convenient substance. The lens is secured in a small projection at 0 0.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The new manufacture of daguerreotype cases to Wit securing the picture in a glass tube or case provided With a magnifying lens said tube being blackened on part of its inner surface and admitting the light through another part to the plate in the manner herein described.

ANN F. STILES. [L.S.] Witnesses:

JAPHET CURTIss, J r., CHARLES HICOCK. 

